Professore Ordinario – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale | Tel.: 050 2218057 – Email: nicola.forgione@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"8875","unipi-persone-nome":"Nicola","unipi-persone-cognome":"Forgione","unipi-persone-email":"nicola.forgione@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Current Position: Full Professor, ING-IND19 (Nuclear Plants)
\r\nEmail: nicola.forgione@unipi.it
\r\nPhone: +39 0502218057
\r\nOrcid: 0000-0002-1243-5373
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\r\nWORK EXPERIENCE
\r\n\u2022 November 2023 \u2013 ongoing: Full Professor, ING-IND19 (Nuclear Plants)
\r\n\u2022 January 2015 \u2013 October 2023: Associate Professor, ING-IND19 (Nuclear Plants)
\r\n\u2022 December 2007 \u2013 December 2014 : Assistant Professor, ING-IND19 (Nuclear Plants)
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\r\nEDUCATION
\r\n\u2022 PhD in Nuclear Engineering, University of Pisa
\r\n\u2022 Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering, University of Pisa
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\r\nSCIENTIFIC \/ ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
\r\n\u2022 President of the MSc Programme in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Pisa, from November 2018 and ongoing
\r\n\u2022 Member of the Council of the Engineering School of the University of Pisa, from December 2016 and ongoing
\r\n\u2022 Member of the Council of the of PhD \"INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING\" of the University of Pisa, from September 2013 and ongoing
\r\n\u2022 Reviewer for different International Scientific Journals (e.g.: Nuclear Engineering and Design, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Journal of Nuclear Materials, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, etc.)
\r\nTeacher of the courses:
\r\n\u2022 \"Nuclear Plants I (6 ECTS)\" at the MSc in Nuclear Engineering of the University of Pisa
\r\n\u2022 \"Control of Nuclear Plants (6 ECTS)\" at the MSc in Nuclear Engineering of the University of Pisa
\r\n\u2022 \"Principi di Ingegneria Nucleare (6 ECTS)\" at the Bachelor in Energy Engineering of the University of Pisa
\r\n\u2022 \"Informatica Applicata (3 ECTS)\" at the Bachelor in Mechanics Engineering of the University of Pisa
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\r\nMAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS \/ ACTIVITIES \/ LABS
\r\nLeadership gained as Research Team Scientific Responsible, for the University of Pisa, in EU Projects:
\r\n\u2022 EU FP-7 SEARCH (Safe ExploitAtion Related CHemistry for HLM reactors, Grant agreement n.295736 ), from 01\/11\/2011 to 30\/04\/2015
\r\n\u2022 EU HORIZON2020 EUROfusion (as linked third party of ENEA, Grant agreement n. 633053), from 01\/01\/2014 up to 31\/12\/2020
\r\n\u2022 EU HORIZON2020 SESAME (thermal hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of MEtal cooled reactors, Grant agreement n. 654935), from 01\/04\/2015 up to 31\/03\/2019
\r\n\u2022 EU HORIZON2020 MYRTE (MYRRHA Research and Transmutation Endeavour, Grant agreement n. 662186), from 01\/04\/2015 up to 31\/09\/2019
\r\n\u2022 EU HORIZON2020 PATRICIA (Partitioning And Transmuter Research Initiative in a Collaborative Innovation Action, Grant agreement n. 945077), from 01\/09\/2020 up to now
\r\n\u2022 EU HORIZON2020 CAMIVVER (Codes And Methods Improvements for VVER comprehensive safety assessment, Grant agreement n. 945081), from 01\/09\/2020 up to now
\r\nHead of the Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulic Simulation Lab. (NTHS-Lab) at he the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale (DICI) of the University of Pisa
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\r\nCURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
\r\nIn the following, is reported a summary of the main research activities currently ongoing.
\r\n\u2022 Support to design of experimental facilities and to the execution\/analysis of experiments performed at the ENEA of Brasimone, related to fusion and fission reactors. The involved facilities are LIFUS5, NACIE, CIRCE, ecc.
\r\n\u2022 Thermal hydraulic analyses by the STH codes, SIMMER code and CFD codes of operational and accidental transients for NPPs of Gen IV and nuclear fusion reactors
\r\n\u2022 Analysis of the phenomena at the base of the interaction between water and liquid metals of interest for FBRs and nuclear fusion reactors
\r\n\u2022 STH and CFD codes coupling technique development and applications to thermal hydraulic problems of interest for the safety analysis of nuclear reactors
\r\n\u2022 Thermal hydraulic analyses focused on WCLL breeder unit, performed to analyse the interaction between PbLi and water; Validation and Verification activity of the SIMMER code.
\r\n\u2022 Actively involved in different EU Projects
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\r\nPUBLICATIONS
\r\nPublications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
\r\nhttps:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=6603586613
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